PESHAWAR: A session was organised at Pearl Continental Hotel on Friday in a bid to pay tribute to Qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri. The event was titled ‘Mystical Qawwali Night’. The event was the first of ...

Amjad Sabri, who was part of the Sabri Brothersqawwali family in Pakistan. Qawwals are singers and performers of qawwali music (the word ‘qawwali’ means ‘utterance’ in Urdu), sufi devotional music by ...

For millions of music lovers in India and Pakistan, the qawwali “Dama Dam Mast Qalander” doesn’t need any introduction. It’s a song that enticed generations. The verses of the song were written in the ...

Pakistan qawwal Amjad Sabri’s murder was just the latest in a series of blows in recent years to strike at the heart of qawwali, which has thrived in South Asia since the 13th century Nearly two years ...

The urs of Shahbaz Qalandar is one of the biggest festivals in Pakistan. A look at his contribution At shrines in Sindh and Balochistan, the music that accompanies the various rituals is not the ...

KARACHI: Nearly two years after Pakistan's foremost qawwali singer Amjad Sabri was gunned down in Karachi, the devotional music of Sufi mystical sect is struggling to survive, as fears of sectarianism ...

KARACHI: The counter-terrorism department of Sindh Police Tuesday arrested the main suspect wanted for the murder of Amjad Sabri, a popular Pakistani qawwali artiste who was gunned down in the port ...

On June 22, 2016, Amjad Sabri, a revered Pakistani Qawwali singer, was gunned down in the city of Karachi. In hindsight, it is tragically ironic that the verse above was among the last Sabri sang ...

<!-- BODY TEXT START--> Come March and things seem to be drifting towards a pleasant change as theatrical plays, concerts and musical events are picking up momentum in Karachi. For me, there is no ...

HIS father, Ghulam Farid Sabri, sang that way. His uncle, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri, sang that way. His ancestors had done so too, right back to the time of Mian Tansen, a favourite musician at the Mughal ...

Amjad Sabri, one of Pakistan’s most well-known Sufi musicians, was gunned down Wednesday in the southern city of Karachi. Sabri, 45, was the victim of what police are calling a targeted killing. Two ...